UNITED STATES v. NICHOLS

No. 83-3750.

750 F.2d 1260 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy Joe NICHOLS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orr & Davis, Stephen M. Orr, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

John Volz, U.S. Atty., Harry W. McSherry, Jr., Robert J. Boitmann, D.R. Smith, Asst. U.S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant appeals his conviction on a two-count indictment for conspiracy to import cocaine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. We affirm.

I.

Nichols was charged in four separate indictments for his role in smuggling cocaine into the United States by aircraft.

An overview of the facts presented in the multiple indictments can be gleaned from our recent decision1

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